The constant struggle in mature life, I think, is to accept the necessity of tragedy and conflict, and not to try to escape to some falsely simple solution which does not include these more somber complexities.
SYLVIA PLATHPlease, I want so badly for the good things to happen.
More Sylvia Plath Quotes
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Wear your heart on your skin in this life.
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I’m sarcastic, skeptical, and sometimes callous because I’m still afraid, deep down, of letting myself be hurt.
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I am dead to them, even though I once flowered.
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I want so obviously, so desperately to be loved, and to be capable of love.
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Intoxicated with madness, I’m in love with my sadness.
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It is awful to want to go away and to want to go nowhere.
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So learn about life. Cut yourself a big slice with the silver server, a big slice of pie. Open your eyes. Let life happen.
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I don’t care about anyone, and the feeling is quite obviously mutual.
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I talk to God but the sky is empty.
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I am what I feel and think and do.
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I find myself absolutely fulfilled when I have written a poem.
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Only I wasn’t steering anything, not even myself.
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I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to walk freely at night.
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One thing, I try to be honest. And what is revealed is often rather hideously unflattering.
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Eternity bores me, I never wanted it.
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